This is a good article, but I agree with a couple commenters that some women do this to other women, too. Because I don't present myself as INTELLIGENT (in an aggressive or even assertive way), "strong-minded" women like to condescend to me, even on topics like literature and history, where I know a great deal more than they do.

I think I tune it out more when men do it, because I grew up with a father who thought he was a genius and wasn't, but he never cared if I was actually listening.